Wembley and Wooten (No. 2)

In *Wembley and Wooten (No. 2)*, Johns J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the Wife to amend her case. The dispute concerned the Wife's attempt to introduce a new claim within her existing proceedings.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the Wife should be permitted to amend her application to include a specific claim, as outlined in paragraph 3 of her Further Amended Application filed on 23 July 2018. This involved determining the appropriate stage at which such amendments could be made and the criteria for their acceptance.

Johns J dismissed the Wife's application to amend her case. The court reasoned that the proposed amendment was not permissible at that stage of the proceedings. The court ordered that paragraph 3 of the Wife’s Further Amended Application be dismissed and that the proceedings be listed for allocation to a judicial docket with priority from 14 March 2018.